On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:59, Roger Searle wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:04:00 +1200 > > > > Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > Actually Office 97 does have works import filters, they just aren't > > installed by default. > > > > Not sure about later versions of Office. > > not installed or even on the CDs afaik - import filters for later > versions of office are available for download though from the m$ site, > if that helps you Wesley. > > and I believe I have an old works cd - but it is not one of the most > recent versions. is that any help? or are you really wanting only the > latest version? > > it might be that you need to collect a few versions though (so your > project may not be limited to one filter). one of the pains of receiving > a works file is that it seems that the file format varies between > versions. i say this because of my experience with the filters - there > at least 2 available, and if you don't have the right one installed for > the particular version of works file you receive, it won't open in word.
That's what I was thinking about. If I can get at least one from c. 1995-97 and one from later, I can be sure that I haven't missed any showstoppers. We had a young mother from Zimbabwe turn up at the Centre late last year, with her CV written in the MS Works Word file format. MS Office wouldn't open it; neither would OO.org. I was reduced to trying to reconstruct the CV from what was essentially an ASCII dump of the contents, and she got fed up and shoved off. I don't blame her. Thanks, everyone, for the assistance you've offered. And sorry for talking about the 800lb gorilla. But sometimes it's unavoidable. Wesley Parish > > Roger > [sorry for mentioning so much of the "other side", but to my mind it is > relevant info for what Wesley wants to achieve] -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ------------- Mau ki ana, he aha te mea nui? You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku ki ana, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
